“It’s taken a long time to get there.

““I put myself through conversion therapy because I didn’t wanna be gay.

And I really struggled and struggled and struggled with it.

Steve Cardenas, David Yost, and Catherine Sutherland in ‘Power Rangers: Once & Always’

Steve Cardenas, David Yost, and Catherine Sutherland in ‘Power Rangers: Once & Always’.Hasbro/eOne

But the franchise, he adds, has always worked to emphasize diversity.

It’d be like, ‘I can be that.

I can do that.

Amy Jo Johnson, Thuy Trang, Austin St. John, Walter Emanuel Jones, and David Yost on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Amy Jo Johnson, Thuy Trang, Austin St. John, Walter Emanuel Jones, and David Yost on ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’.

I can be just like him.’

The confidence that it gave people, I think, was amazing.”

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Alwaysis streaming now on Netflix.